I've found a Friend
Music: A. Sullivan (1842–1900) · Words: James Grindlay Small
I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
He loved me ere I knew Him; He drew me with the
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The words
I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
He loved me ere I knew Him; He drew me with the
cords of love, And thus He bound me to Him:
And round my heart still closely twine Those
ties which nought can sever; For I am His,
and He is mine, For ever and for ever.
I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
He bled, He died to save me; And not alone the
gift of life, But His own self He gave me.
Nought that I have mine own I'll call,
I'll hold it for the Giver; My heart,
my strength, my life, my all Are His,
and His for ever.
I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
All power to Him is given, To guard me on my
onward course And bring me safe to heaven.
The eternal glories gleam afar,
To nerve my faint endeavor; So now to watch,
to work, to war, And then to rest for ever.
I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!
So kind, and true, and tender! So wise a
Counsellor and Guide, So mighty a Defender!
From Him who loves now me so well What power my
soul can sever? Shall life or death?
Shall earth or hell? No! I am His for ever.
About this song
- Music
- A. Sullivan (1842–1900) (dates as Mutopia states them)
- Words
- James Grindlay Small (dates as Mutopia states them)
- Language
- English, told from its words
- First published
- in or before 1904, as Mutopia (the edition it was set from) states it
- Length
- 2:06
- Verses
- 4
- Its source files it as
- Hymn
- The score
- The Mutopia Project; Public Domain, as its source states it. Typeset by Ian Matthews for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain)
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